Maiduguri, Nigeria – Mohammed Abdulhamid raises what remains of his fingers to greet passers-by outside his home in Ajilari, a neighbourhood on the edge of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria.The gesture is awkward. Most of the fingers on his right hand were mutilated during a gang attack in 2023, a permanent reminder of a life he says was consumed by violence.He no longer remembers his age. But he remembers that evening.“The gang that attacked me were taking revenge, and just like how the breeze blows every tree leaf, I can’t remember how many people I have also attacked before that evening,”…

Colombia’s outgoing leftist president, Gustavo Petro, has alleged electoral fraud after preliminary results from a presidential run-off saw his handpicked candidate lose by a small margin.In a barrage of posts on the social media site X on Monday, Petro alleged that the opposition bought votes and Israel and the United…

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K-pop group BOYNEXTDOOR returned to their roots with their 1st studio album, HOME. The group has been enjoying global popularity, building a strong following domestically and in Japan, Southeast Asia, China, and the U.S. Their last EP, The Action, peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard 200 chart, steadily climbing…

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